Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq (1271-February 1325) was the Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate from 8 September 1321 to February 1325, succeeding Khusro Khan and preceding Muhammad bin Tughluq.

Biography
Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq was the son of a Turkish slave father and a Hindu mother, and he became the governor of Dipalpur under the Delhi Sultanate. After the death of Alauddin Khalji, Tughluq led an army of 10,000 troops to conquer Multan, Uch, and Sindh, and he was crowned as Sultan of Delhi in 1321 after the nobility rose up against Khajli's children. Tughluq created the Tughlaq dynasty, and he fought against the Mongols and the Indian states. In 1323, he conquered Waranagal, and he invaded the Bengal in 1324, conquering East Bengal. On his way back to Delhi, he conquered north Bihar, and he was killed when the wooden pavilion used for his reception at Afghanpur collapsed on him and his second son.